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PROOFREADING, REVISING, & EDITING SKILLS SUCCESS in 20 Minutes a Day
Published by: Fruchtzwerg (Karma: 7914.43) on 3 July 2009 | Views: 6596
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The key to developing and improving your writing is to commit to the revision process, which involves both editing and proofreading your work. In this book, you will learn, understand, and apply the principles of grammar and how to manipulate your words until they fit just right. The introductory diagnostic test will help you find your strengths and weaknesses; the examples and models throughout will provide you with benchmarks for your own work; and the post-test will help you measure what you have learned. Follow the easy 20-step process to strengthen your proofreading, revising, and editing skills and become a clear and consistent writer. This book will help you
- understand the writing process - create sentence variety and avoid awkward sentences - shape paragraphs and use transitions - establish a personal writing style - use active language and proper subject-verb agreement - check capitalization, punctuation, and spelling - differentiate commonly confused words and eliminate cliches - develop an eye for editing and learn to revise accordingly
TABLE of CONTENTS
Introduction - How to Use This Book Pretest Lesson 1: Understanding the Writing Process Lesson 2: Writing Sentences Lesson 3: Avoiding Awkward Sentences Lesson 4: Creating Sentence Variety Lesson 5: Shaping Paragraphs Lesson 6: Using Transitions Lesson 7: Establishing a Writing Style Lesson 8: Turning Passive Verbs into Active Verbs Lesson 9: Making Sure Subjects and Verbs Agree Lesson 10: Making Sure Nouns and Pronouns Agree Lesson 11: Using Modifiers Lesson 12: Checking Capitalization and Spelling Lesson 13: Punctuating Sentences Lesson 14: Using Commas Lesson 15: Using Semicolons and Colons Lesson 16: Using Apostrophes in Plurals and Possessives Lesson 17: Using Quotation Marks Lesson 18: Using Hyphens, Dashes, and Ellipses Lesson 19: Checking for Commonly Confused Words and Cliches Lesson 20: Putting It All Together Post-Test Appendix A: Proofreading Symbols Appendix B: Additional Resources
